Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced plans to send "experts" to Uganda to speak with President Museveni about homosexuality and whether it's a choice. As you may recall, Museveni assigned his own "scientists" to the task to determine whether it was genetic or a choice, and after hearing from them, signed the Anti-Homosexuality Law.

Buzzfeed reported earlier on a State Department forum at which Kerry spoke:

“I talked personally to President Museveni just a few weeks ago, and he committed to meet with some of our experts so that we could engage him in a dialogue as to why what he did could not be based on any kind of science or fact, which is what he was alleging,” Kerry said. “He welcomed that and said that he was happy to receive them and we can engage in that kind of conversation… maybe we can reach a point of reconsideration.”

He added that the State Dept. was still formulating its response to the Ugandan human rights abuses:

“There’s been already a review taking place,” Kerry said, to examine policy towards all countries where homosexuality is criminalized, “to figure out what the options are as to how we can begin to change minds, move leaders, reach the public, the same kind of education that took place frankly here in our country.”

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